“…otherwise well-informed and educated people have no idea of the relative costs and benefits” of recycling
Recycling has been relentlessly promoted as a goal in and of itself: an unalloyed...
Monthly Archives: October 2015
“If beer is to be considered a text, for much of our recent history, we forgot the language”
Brewers in Ancient Civilization knew not only how to make beer, but they knew...
“As a business, recycling is on the wrong side of two long-term global economic trends”
As a business, recycling is on the wrong side of two long-term global economic...
“Donald Trump is the presidential candidate that reality TV made”
Donald Trump is the presidential candidate that reality TV made. An electorate trained in...
“Modern Orthodox Jews often express ambivalence about these workarounds”
Modern Orthodox Jews often express ambivalence about these workarounds. On the one hand, the...
“Unfortunately, ArtScroll did not choose this to follow this honest, and common sense, approach”
I think everyone can understand that if people were simply allowed to emend or...
“Nobody knows how to stop the Temple Mount myth among Palestinians, but it isn’t too late for the West to send out a message of zero tolerance”
It is difficult to grasp the power that this spurious claim — that Al-Aqsa...
“As a culture that purportedly appreciates truth and honesty, the old world of quality journalism seems more important than ever”
We often hear that we’re living in a new age of journalism, that Millennials...
“Much of the time, the internal consistency of professional judgment is a good thing…”
Much of the time, the internal consistency of professional judgment is a good thing-not...
“Creative nonfiction is not making something up but making the most of what you have”
Creative nonfiction is a term that is currently having its day. When I was...